ISO 9001 was updated in September 2015 The September 2015 revision of ISO 9001 formatted it to Annex SL which standardizes paragraphs of management systems. The format is quite different from the prior revision. Risk-based thinking and company self-evaluation is emphasized. Registrars are already auditing to ISO 9001:2015. The clock for the 3 year timeframe […]
So reads the title on the YouTube posting from Lincoln Electric. We were privileged to lead this inaugural kaizen project at Lincoln Electric Cutting Systems in Reno, Nevada. They are a newer division, since 2011, of Lincoln Electric Corporation; full of bright, energetic people who design and build CNC metal cutting machines for sheet and […]
How often do you go into the hardware store or the gym without a purpose? Not very often, right? Chances are you have a reason for being there, a mission, if you will. Missions that consist of buying a new tool or lifting a few weights may be small in the scheme of things or […]
In this June 2003 edition of the Wire Journal International, Doug Anton of AEM Consulting Group, Inc. helps to answer the question, Is ISO 9001:2000 an improvement over the 1994 versions of ISO 9001, ISO 9002 and ISO 9003? Doug points out the notable reasons this new revision is a worthwhile investment for your company. […]
